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Old 11-13-03, 04:11 PM
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What to spend 5 grand on?

I have the option of selling my TII for $5k, getting the money up front, building a car, and then handing over the 7. So the question is, what route would you go with only $5k to spend?
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Restoring it and fixing everything perfectly first... then not a lot of money will be left over, so I suppose exhuast and some suspension bits, that'll cover 5k easy.
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I don't think you quite understood. I will be selling the FC in this senario...perhaps I will get another, but making an FC a really fast FC takes more than $5k, starting with no car. So the question is, which car/motor combination would you choose to spend $5000 on? fwd, rwd, awd, whatever...(but we all know rwd is preffered )
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oh, nothing then.. 5k isn't enough to do anything worthwhile IMO, I'd keep the FC.
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Get another 7
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If you want to go fast for 5k...you'll have to get a bike.
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go to japan and bug mazda about the forth gen rx7
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For real it costs alot of money, i just found out in june that my 7 still ran after my sister abondoned it for 5 years, i dropped like 2k and none of that has gone to make it faster, baby steps baby steps
Old 11-14-03, 08:58 AM
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make it go fast.
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Ya 5 grand isn't enough to buy another car and then mod it,just keep the TII.
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Agreed, keep the TII.
Old 11-14-03, 09:55 AM
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I am forced to agree. with 5k there is not way you would be better off than you are now. infact i would be inclide to say that you are worse off!
in conclusion KEEP THE TII!
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down payment on an Evo!
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is your TII worth more than $5k? if you think so, then keep your car.
If you don't, sell it, buy a blown motor TII for $500 and spened $4500 on a jspec and performance parts, you'll be better off ...
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i would keep the TII and fix it up get turbo, and slowly fix it up
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Save it for the next surprise
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use it for a down payment on the rx8 hehe
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Get a first gen... You can pick one up ANYWHERE for sometimes WAAAAAY' under $1000. $4000 in mods to a first gen if you know what ur doing will put a wooopin on ALOT of TII's.
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You can pick up some seriously nice muscle cars for about that price. Maybe a nice Chevelle or something? Of course that wouldnt leave much money left to mod anything.. ahhh screw it, just keep the TII.
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